Budapest vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1110
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$2698
🏠 One person rent	$589	$551
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$1053
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$1727
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	92	44
😀 Quality of life	80	68
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.42M

The cost of living in Budapest is 7% more expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 4643rd and 4893rd ($1185 vs $1110) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Oman, respectively. Check Hungary vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 551st and 3189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Muscat

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	Budapest	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$5.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$7.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$11.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$550
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$801
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$71.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	4.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1760
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$1270
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$4.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$3.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$8.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$43.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$8649

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$994
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$687
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1232
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1050
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2084
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1503
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$639
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$531
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$831
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$520
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1810
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$561
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1719
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1218
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1267
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1226
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$806
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$870
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$546
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$989
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$878
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$537
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$541
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$548